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River Flood Warning 50, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 16, 2024Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Jul 16, 2024, 4:58 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 16, 2024, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2024, 4:58 AM CDT (09:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 16, 2024, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2024, 5:59 AM CDT
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trempealeau River at Dodge (DDGW3). The gauge peaked at 10.99 ft at Jul 17, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10.5 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05379500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 15, 6:55 PM CDT, 10 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:55 PM CDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 10:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Grant	9 hr
Jul 15, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Vernon	75 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.